Chapter 142 (1/2)
Chapter 142
Chapter 142: Unexpectedly <hr/>
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Leaving Sylvie with my sister, I made ait growing faster with each step as I arrived in front of the door labeled “Leywin Family”
I took a deep breath to steady ht of what Ellie said, that my parents really planned to take part in the war, filled me with unease A dull thud resounded as I knocked on the wooden door
“It’s open,” the warm voice of es creaked as I turned the knob and slid the door open Bags lay open on the floor with clothes folded neatly beside them I stepped inside and looked around to find auntlets, a set of chainmail ar toward the door to greet their visitor, stopped when she saw me She masked her surprise with a sullen saze as soon as he sawup a polished shi+n brace beside auntlet and rag but re you back so soon,”another step towardanything to aze still focused on the shi+n brace in my hand
“Of course not But anted to finish preparing before you got back” Myjust a bit before she placed it on s welled up in htly at the metal arht, irritation that they hadn’t even bothered to discuss this decision withto risk their lives when Ellie was barely twelve
I finally pried ht you guys were going to wait until after Ellie got older before joining the war”
“Commander Virion advised us to stay until Ellie was older or until you caaze firuys suddenly decided to fight in the war just because I came back,” I replied doubtfully
“We didn’t,” htly
“I just got a transaze unusually vicious as he tested out his gauntlets “They were attacked in a dungeon as everyone was getting ready to leave They stayed back to buy soer soldiers to escape, but…”
“But?” I echoed My father, Reynolds Leywin, the man who had always endured any hardshi+ps with an optimistic smile, looked up with an icy venom in his eyes “Adam didn’t make it”
“No,” I shook my head “That’s impossible I was there just yesterday I was the one that cleared the dungeon and killed the mutant holed up inside”
My father nodded solemnly “Apparently after you left, as everyone prepared to depart, another horde of mana beasts led by a mutant attacked theeon was connected to another dungeon”
“The fight was aa battle The Twin Horns and soht some time for everyone else,” my mother continued “Luckily, the er and caught the Adaered in the roo I couldn’t believe that so realization eon!
“Who else died?” I asked Despite my concern, I didn’t want to see if Tess was okay
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“That was all I was able to hear froe was rather short, but seeing as she didn’t include anyone else, I figured the others that died were soldiers we didn’t know,” h Commander Virion probably knows more now since some time has passed”
Helen would’ve surelyhad happened to Tess, but it still made me uneasy, to say the least
“I’m sorry about what happened to Adam,” I consoled my father Adam wasn’t my favorite of the Twin Horns as I had found his quick temper and cynical sarcasm to be distasteful, but he had been loyal Underneath his impatient and cranky exterior had been a trustworthy comrade that stood by my parents’ sides while they were in the Twin Horns
I could now see why the at my father was so heavy
“Don’t uilt—a soldier’s life is always in danger,”unreasonable My father had every right to fight the battles he chose But it wasto keep the ones I loved safe that made me want to try
It didn’t eable you were about thened your body or heavily you equipped yourself, death could co I beca to risk his and my mother’s lives when it wasn’t only unnecessary, but reckless
“Arthur, it’s not his fault,” o back to the Twin Horns and help out in the war”
“What?” I blurted, coo to war?”
She nodded “Yes”
“B-But you can’t,” I turned to my father, bewilderment practically written on ic because so happened in the past Why now?”
My lance at my father, who dipped his head in a sole a seat at the foot of the bed as hts
“What else did uiltily as she amended her words but I didn’t take it to heart She had told ive her ti overly
“That’s about all he told me,” I said “He said the rest was to be told by you when you were ready”
“What we never told you, Arthur, about the Twin Horns, was that there was actually one lanced over to my father, who remained silent
“Her namenter at the ti e that had joined the Twin Horns shortly afterAlice frolazed over as she described how she and Lensa had hit it off i ith my mother’s timidity Lensa had done well for herself as an adventurer even without the help of a party, to the point where she was already fairly well-known So when she had asked the Twin Horns if she could join their party, it came as a surprise to everyone
My mother closed her eyes and paused for a breath “It had only been about two years since she joined when the accident occurred”
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My brows furrowed in apprehension as I iined what sort of accident had transpired, when my mother faintly smiled “It isn’t some dramatic cala as yours is”
Eh as I scratched otten careless and ran into an aers None of us had sustained any ht very little of it as I healed everyone’s surface wounds” Myabout being an emitter is that everyone expects you to kno to heal every injury—that your ic is a one-spell-cures-all when that really isn’t the case”
My father placed a consoling hand on my mother’s back as her body shuddered
“I didn’t know at that ti since I had awakened and I never fully trained in the different aspects of healing; I didn’t think I needed to” Wiping away her tears, she looked up at me with red eyes “I closed everyone’s wounds, except the venoers’ tails had infected the flesh below Your father and everyone else was able to get treated in time before it could do any harm, but for Lensa, the wound was close to her mana core, and after I had closed her wounds, the venom spread”
I drew in a breath sharply “Then…”
“Yeah Her otten infected to the point where she could no longer practice mana manipulation I had robbed my friend and teammate of the one true joy in her life”
“At least she’s still alive,” I said, trying to comfort her until she shook her head